Field Notes

Dispatches from Acania

Soil
Soil
Sofia with the chickens
Sofia with the chickens
Dried Calendula
Dried Calendula
Sofia with a chicken
Sofia with a chicken
Shiitake mushrooms
Shiitake mushrooms
Co-planting the Vitiforest
Co-planting the Vitiforest
Cherry Tomato 'Toronjina'
Cherry Tomato 'Toronjina'
Strawberries
Strawberries
The hoop house
The hoop house
The Vineyard
The Vineyard
Poppies in bloom
Poppies in bloom
The market garden
The market garden
Collecting eggs
Collecting eggs
Picking Sweet Alyssum
Picking Sweet Alyssum
Market garden
Market garden
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Our work at Acania is a constant conversation with the land. These notes are our records.

Here you’ll find our ongoing observations, research findings, and the data we’re unearthing alongside the stories, lessons, and milestones of our journey.

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Life at Acania

From Shoulder Pads to Muddy Boots

If you had told me forty years ago that one day I’d be writing about soil, I would have thought you were absolutely crazy.

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Regenerative Farming

Planting a Vitiforest

The Vitiforest began with a different curiosity. What if a vineyard were designed less as a controlled production surface and more as a habitat – an orchard of relationships, a living edge?

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